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100 Yuan enhanced security
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 100 Yuan (100元, 壹佰圆) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, set against an elaborate multicolour guilloche sunburst rosette in the upper register. A large Huabiao ceremonial column in deep red intaglio anchors the left margin, while a holographic colour-shifting security stripe with iridescent latent-image effect appears to the right of centre. The large red numeral '100' and the inscription '100 YUAN' in letterpress occupy the lower field, with the year '2015年' and a QR-style ink verification block printed at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ ༅༅། །ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་། སྒོར་བརྒྱ། يۈز يۈەن جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى Cunghgoz Yinzminz Yinzhangz it bak maenz 100 YUAN 2015 年 (Translation: People's Bank of China One Hundred Yuan Year 2015) |
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The 2015 issue was the first significant security upgrade to the 100 Yuan since the fifth series launched in 1999. China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation added a holographic stripe and upgraded the optically variable ink on the numeral, responding directly to a sustained counterfeiting problem that had drawn public complaints and periodic warnings from the People's Bank throughout the 2000s. The security thread was also changed — wider, with a color-shift effect visible under tilt.
Pick 909 circulated alongside unmodified fifth-series 100 Yuan notes, which remained legal tender, creating a two-variant situation in everyday commerce that lasted several years.